A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
Cast
Stephen Lang
Harry Black
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Tralala
Burt Young
Big Joe
Peter Dobson
Vinnie
Christopher Murney
Paulie
Jerry Orbach
Boyce
Alexis Arquette
Georgette
Stephen Baldwin
Sal
John Costelloe
Tommy
Cameron Johann
Spook
Ricki Lake
Donna
Frank Military
Steve
Camille Saviola
Ella
Bernard Zette
Regina
Jason Andrews
Tony
James Lorinz
Freddy
Sam Rockwell
Al
Maia Danziger
Mary Black
Frankie Acciarito
Eddie
Lisa Passero
Teresa
Mike Cicchetti
Brickowski
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
Stump
Robi Martin
Goldie
Sarah Rose
Rosie
Julian Alexon
Camille
Robert Weil
Alex
Mark Boone Junior
Willie
Sylvie Spector
Submarine Annie
Colleen Flynn
Ruthie
David Warshofsky
Mike
Daniel O'Shea
Bill
Daniel Beer
Tral's Trick
Rutanya Alda
Georgette's Mother
Al Shannon
Arthur
Bruce Smolanoff
Lost Soldier
James McDonald
Lost Soldier
Andrew Van Dusen
Lost Soldier
James Harper
Cop
Ray Gill
Dowland
Mike Starr
Security Guard
Christopher Curry
Riot Police Officer
Michael O'Hare
Riot Police Officer
Bob Martana
Truck Driver
Joseph Carberry
Uptown Bartender
John M. Bennett
Uptown Doggie
Bill Mondy
Uptown Doggie
Frank Vincent
Priest
Brent Katz
Bobby
Marc Ryan
Jack
Rob Kramer
Fred
Hubert Selby Jr.
Car Driver
Jerry Rector
Strike Worker
Crew
Uli Edel
Director
Desmond Nakano
Screenplay
Hubert Selby Jr.
Novel
Peter Przygodda
Editor
Lilli von Otting
Assistant Editor
Anne Stein
Assistant Editor
Stefan Czapsky
Director of Photography
Don French
First Assistant Director
Carla Corwin
First Assistant Director, Second Assistant Director
Glen Trotiner
Second Assistant Director
Stefan Scholtissek
Second Assistant Director
Bernd Eichinger
Producer
Jake Eberts
Associate Producer
Anna Gross
Associate Producer
Herman Weigel
Co-Producer
Dieter Meyer
Line Producer
G. Mac Brown
Line Producer, Unit Production Manager
David Chapman
Production Design
Philippe Carr-Forster
Camera Operator
Zoran Veselić
First Assistant Camera
Claudia Raschke
Second Assistant Camera
Britta Sell
Second Assistant Camera
Deborah Aquila
Casting
Jeffery Passero
Casting
Sylvia Fay
Extras Casting
Richard von Ernst
Assistant Costume Designer
Jennifer Lax
Wardrobe Supervisor
Carol Oditz
Costume Design
Sally Lesser
Costumer
David C. Robinson
Costumer
James Sarzotti
Hair Designer
Kathryn Bihr
Makeup Designer
Georgette Künsemüller
Makeup Artist
Patricia Woodbridge
Assistant Art Director
Peter R. Adam
Sound Editor
Angelika Deumling
Assistant Sound Editor
Angelike Gruber
Assistant Sound Editor
Milan Bor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Danny Michael
Production Sound Mixer
Ed Parente
Production Sound Mixer
Anthony Starbuck
Boom Operator
Günther Ruckdeschel
Boom Operator
Bernd Schmidl
Foley Artist
Andreas Schneider
Foley Artist
Mel Kutbay
Foley Artist
Jörn Poetzl
Foley Artist
George Gonneau
ADR Supervisor
Denis Zack
Special Effects Technician
William Harrison
Special Effects Technician
Steve Kirshoff
Special Effects Coordinator
Michael Maddi
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Mark Knopfler
Original Music Composer
Guy Fletcher
Musician
Eva Claudius
Dialogue Editor
Veronica Manchot
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Howard Samuelsohn
Dialogue Coach
Leslie A. Pope
Set Decoration
Bruce Lee Gross
Lead Set Dresser
David W. Howell
Set Dresser
Will Scheck
Set Dresser
Leigh Kyle
Set Dresser
Dan Mahon
Set Dresser
K.C. Bailey
Still Photographer
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
Donald J. Hewitt Jr.
Stunts
Bill Anagnos
Stunts
Phil Neilson
Stunts
Manny Siverio
Stunts
Mick O'Rourke
Stunts
Roy Farfel
Stunts
Don Picard
Stunts
Janet Paparazzo
Stunts
Paul Bucossi
Stunts
Tim Gallin
Stunts
Tom Wright
Stunts
Danny Aiello III
Stunts
Jery Hewitt
Stunt Coordinator
Nike Zachmanoglou
Continuity
Werner Achmann
Art Direction
Mark Haack
Art Direction
